On 2 November 2015 the first major event to be held the UK to mark International day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists took place in the Houses of Parliament.
Read MoreSource: Council of Europe The Council of Europe is launching today –in co-operation with five partner organisations– an Internet platform aimed at protecting journalism and promoting the safety of journalists. Via the platform,...
Read MoreSource: UNESCOPRESS The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, awarded the prestigious 2015 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize to imprisoned Syrian journalist and human rights activist Mazen Darwish on Sunday...
Read MoreBy Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty Khadija Ismayilova, a prominent investigative journalist who contributes to RFE/RL’sAzerbaijani Service, has been sentenced by a court in Baku to two months of pretrial detention on...
Read MoreBy MDLI (Media Legal Defence Initiative) In its first judgment on free speech, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has ruled that imprisonment for defamation violates the right to freedom of expression while criminal...
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